@Gavin

I mean a fund that takes advantage of dramatic depreciations in the value of an asset.
For example, if the FF franchise were to be be worth only $1000 on the market for some reason, I'd be happy to buy and own it, even if it is not profitable.

I see now that the term "vulture fund" actually means only a special case of what I thought it meant - the case where the depreciated asset is debt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_fund

Tammy
Thu Aug 3 21:32:11 2023

I think that when Ian and Steve finally go, they take everything with them, the rights, the trademarks. Unless they pass it all to Jon Green. FF fan fiction will still be around. Sadly dungeons and dragons outlives everyone. In 60 years fighting fantasy will be free to the public.

Robert Douglas
Fri Aug 11 00:59:28 2023

I don't think Fighting Fantasy is in any danger of dying. During the 80's and even early 90's, the gamebook genre dominated the RPG market, alongside tabletop and DM-led groups. The video games market then appeared on the scene that seriously curtailed popularity, thus affecting sales of the original Puffin series. Lone Wolf was no exception. However, while we're still in the video gaming market - which if anything has grown to greater proportions over the last thirty years - FF in fact made a comeback twice during that time via Wizard, and then Scholastic, publishers. Some FF adventures can even be found in the format of interactive digital titles, the most recently developed adapted from Sorcery! series. And then you have fan written contributions and discussions found on sites much like this one. It's hardly likely that written works, literary ideas, video games, music, and movies ever truly die, decades or even centuries from now, as many classics or even lesser known titles/franchises/series will continue to find new fans. Indeed, some might lose their greatness to become more cult status. When Steve and Ian do leave us - much as we all hate the thought of the eventuality! - FF's future would become an estate, very similar to Tolkien's LOTR and other Middle Earth material. By way of further example, many famous actors from years past also have an estate dedicated to managing and even copyright protecting future publishing of their works long after they're gone. I have a biography of James Dean actually compiled and published by the James Dean Estate. His life story told through narrative and a wonderful collection of various photographs. The only problem is that the bookbinders made an error and put a section of pages in the wrong place! It's still a great chronicle, however, and I cherish it. We must not forget that gamebooks also encouraged youngsters to improve their reading, so this factors into the likelihood of FF being around for many years to come. Besides which, alongside Lone Wolf, the series encompassed many titles and so made an indelible mark upon the literary world.

YARD
Sun Aug 13 16:31:47 2023

It still feels incredible to me that this project has been standing for over 20 years. I wonder what the regulars could tell me about its ups and downs over that time. I am particularly curious regarding this question: how does the overall activity during this "current period" (however you choose to define that) would compare to past periods in the project's history?

bcyy
Wed Aug 16 09:53:45 2023

@Robert:

Indeed, I wouldn't say that video/computer games are in the same category as gamebooks. That relation is similar to that between novels and movies. You can always make a movie out of a novel, and vice versa, and the same can be said of gamebooks and games, but it is not the same.

I also agree that FF would be left behind as an estate/legal entity. Unless, of course, the heirs of the original authors choose not to inherit the franchise for some reason.

@Tammy

Not to be pedantic, I think you meant to say that copyright for the current FF gamebooks will be free to the public, right? The original version of Mickey Mouse is free to the public, but the newer versions of the same mouse aren't, and neither is Walt Disney.

@ YARD

By "this project", do you mean FF, or do you mean this website?

YARD
Wed Aug 16 23:56:38 2023

The website in particular, yes. I know that FF in general has a much longer history.

A.E.Johnston
Mon Aug 28 05:08:34 2023

Hi everyone, just checking in and glad that’s the site is doing well.
Just wanted to chime in regarding William Adam, as I have actually done a lot of detailed research on his life. I would
Highly recommend “Samurai William” by Giles Milton, it’s an enjoyable read and covers most of Adam’s life, including how he later helped establish trade in Japan. I’ve actually thrown around some ideas for a gamebook with him as a main character ( and no coincidence that the name of the protagonist in my last gamebook was none other than a ‘William Adams’ :) )

Tammy
Fri Sep 15 23:59:48 2023

Bcyy,

Usually published works end up free to the public after 50yrs. Unless someone takes new ownership but if the authors die their work is rendered public eventually. Like with LOTR, and all classical works. That's what I meant. But would would FF look like fifty years from now? Would anyone care? Or would there be something that has replaced it by then. I guess that if it's not possibly important by then as it is now, it doesn't matter. Our kids may pass down the generations of greenspines, jagged lines, and reprints but unless there is movies of FF made? 50yrs from now is just 50yrs and a box full of old weird books in an attic or basement or garage labelled what "My grandparents used to read"

bcyy
Fri Oct 13 09:48:59 2023

@Tammy

Brrr...
"My grandparents used to read".
Sounds cold.

BTW, we're just a couple of decades away from the first edition of Warlock of Firetop Mountain being in the public domain.

Not that it matters - you can download it from the internet now already.

YARD
Sun Dec 31 13:12:59 2023

Happy New Year to the community here!

I was hoping to close out the year with a personal ranking ot all the gamebooks here, but there are still a couple left, so I'll have to wait for an opportune date in 2024. (Perhaps an anniversary ot something or other on here? I would be surprised if there were no such dates this January/February.) Still, considering I did not discover this place until June, it's been a lot, and I formed plenty of impressions here in the past several months. While there were more than a few downs, the times where writing here has surprised me in a good way more than outweighed those. Now, I just hope this place can stay strong, and that I'll be able to contribute to its archives, hopefully as soon as this upcoming year.

Again, Happy New Year!

A.E.Johnston
Mon Jan 8 06:16:29 2024

@ YARD Sounds great and Happy New Year!

bcyy Mon Jan 15 16:21:59 2024	Happy New Year, everyone! I tried to send out the Xmas and new year greetings earlier, but couldn't access the webpage due to website certification issues. Any idea what happened?
	Don't know, I haven't changed anything.

bcyy
Thu Feb 8 11:07:25 2024

OK, so it seems that, right now, for chrome and edge, the webpage keeps getting redirected to Allen & Cook Incorporated, which is an accounting firm in California. It's weird, because the URL still says www.ffproject.com. I tried clearing my DNS cache, but the problem persists.

Firefox logs onto this site just fine.

It could just be a problem on my end, but I thought I'd pipe up, just in case this site is being hijacked or something. Feel free to delete this post if it is not a problem for anybody else (i.e. if the traffic volume has not decreased).

I've tried it with Edge and all seems well at the moment. I notice that this firm uses the same hosts as this site, so my guess would be that the problem is at their end and hopefully temporary.

Gavin
Sun Apr 7 17:35:12 2024

For those interested my latest book, Potters Field, is now available on Amazon using the following link.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D137KY55

Fact fans might be pleased to know that it sums up the entire plot of Outsider in one sentence. Which is nice.

Tammy
Wed Apr 10 10:33:40 2024

I read it, it's worth a review on Amazon, give him 5 stars for this one. :)

Gavin
Wed Apr 10 19:47:24 2024

Thank you

Gavin
Tue Apr 16 03:45:47 2024

Going to fighting fantasy fest looks like....

Tammy
Mon Jun 3 09:26:09 2024

For the rest of us who don't live in the UK, could someone tape the fest and post it, link it to watch. Curious what will happen there this year.

bcyy
Thu Jun 27 10:41:36 2024

What's the book about? :-)

Sadly, FFF coincides with the date of a conference in Italy I absolutely must attend, so I can't go.

Have fun!

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